Page 7 - Sam Sole News Today

OPINION: The judgment is a huge advance for privacy and freedom of expression, but spy agencies could use the loopholes to continue their abuses, writes Jane Duncan.

The Constitutional Court judgment is a huge victory, not only for journalists and lawyers who stand to benefit directly and immediately, but for broader society.

South African journalist Sam Sole on landmark court victory: “2008 surveillance was the tip of the iceberg” By Angela Quintal/CPJ Africa Program Coordinator South Africa journalist Sam Sole, of the amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism, spoke to CPJ about the 2008 surveillance he was subjected to and a recent landmark Constitutional Court ruling. (amaBhungane) Listen to article South Africa’s highest court, the Constitutional Court, handed down a landmark judgment on February 4...

South Africa’s state security agencies far, far from the constitution PREMIUM 11 February 2021 The recent judgment of the Constitutional Court as to the constitutionality of SA law regulating the interception of communications begins with soaring words from our constitution: “[N]ational security must reflect the resolve of South Africans, as individuals and as a nation, to live as equals, to live in peace and harmony, to be free from fear and want and to seek a better life.”.. Th...

For 7 years, Nedbank reaped huge profits from its shady relationship with Gupta-linked Regiments Capital, says Susan Comrie.

On Thursday, 4 February 2021, the Constitutional Court handed down a decision which has already received worldwide acclaim. It found in favour of amaBhungane, the investigative journalism organisation, in a landmark case involving the collision between the right to privacy and the right of the state to engage in surveillance. The court ruled that the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-Related Information Act (Rica) is unconstitutional in five important r...

New York, February 4, 2021 ndash; In response to the South African Constitutional Court rsquo;s decision today to uphold a 2019 High Court ruling that invalidated legislation allowing for the surveillance of members of the press, the Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following statement: ldquo;Journalist Sam Sole rsquo;s communications should never have been intercepted, but the South African Constitutional Court rsquo;s ruling today, which confirms that laws permittin

Alon Skuy, Gallo Images, Sowetan The amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism scored a victory in the Constitutional Court on Thursday in a ruling on the surveillance of journalists.  The court found the Regulation of Interception of Communication Act (RICA) is unconstitutional to the "extent that it fails to provide adequate safeguards to protect the right to privacy".   The declaration of invalidity was suspended for three years. The Constitutional Cour...

ConCourt finds parts of Rica unconstitutional The amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism approached the apex court for confirmation of the High Court’s 2017 decision. FILE: Picture: 123rf.com 45 days ago CAPE TOWN - The Constitutional Court has on Thursday confirmed a Gauteng High Court ruling that parts of the Regulation of Interception of Communications Act (RICA) are unconstitutional. The amaBh...

Constitutional court bans bulk Internet surveillance in South Africa In a landmark judgment handed down on Thursday, the constitutional court banned the South African state from bulk surveillance of online communication, preventing security agencies from hoovering up Internet data. This sort of surveillance, which is routinely done by agencies such as the National Security Agency in the US and GCHQ in the UK – both of which have routinely tapped into submarine Internet cables – is now...